All donations directly help with the well-being of the children and communities in a remote area of Sierra Leone. Our members support healthcare and education and opportunities for other areas of sustainable development.

The people of Kayiben and surrounding villages are some of the most isolated and disadvantaged in one of the poorest countries in the world. Even so, they display a warmth, optimism and community spirit that is characteristic throughout their nation.

In 2012 the village built a school. The work proceeded according to the seasons and in some way involved almost every member of the community. In 2016, they have repeated the exercise and built a Health Clinic.

When Gympie girl, Amy Coates decided to volunteer her nursing and midwifery skills in Sierra Leone in 2009, she created a series of circumstances that have led to a lasting connection between Gympie and the people of Kayiben.

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Just seven months after construction began, the clinic building is complete – a secure, national-standard building that is recognisable by its design and paint work as a health facility. Congratulations to Mallam, Farner the builder and the entire community who have worked so hard to achieve this development for themselves. Toilets, rainwater tanks, furniture and equipment are […]

Throughout Sierra Leone 1 in 5 children dies before their fifth birthday. They die from common, preventable causes such as malaria, respiratory diseases, diarrhoeal diseases and a range of diseases that have been largely eliminated in the western world by immunisation – tuberculosis, polio, tetanus, diphtheria, measles, hepatitis B and yellow fever. In July this year, Yiben was included in a national immunisation program […]

Well-building is tricky in this part of the world as it depends on the seasonal cycle and the height of the water table. An unexpectedly early and extreme wet season last year brought work to a sudden stop just when casing a successful hole was about to begin. The contractor is now expecting to be able to […]

Can you help? Construction is underway and approx. 200 more bags of cement are urgently needed to complete stage 1 and the toilet block. A 50 kg bag of cement plus transportation is just $20. You could help build the clinic by buying just one or more bags. While mudbricks form the basic structure, for long-term durability against the torrential wet seasons, cement must be […]

The Healthcare Centre and services are to be developed over three stages and, thanks to Mallam and the Healthcare Committee, construction is about to begin! Stage 1, a Day Clinic (and Toilet Block), will provide standard treatment and advice for common conditions, access to immunisation programs, and special monitoring and care for the most vulnerable – mothers, babies and children under 5. […]

Singing and dancing into the night marked the latest gathering of 13 communities in Kayiben. They were celebrating the next step in the process of bringing healthcare to their region – the formation of their executive Healthcare Committee. Its members represent each village that will contribute to and benefit from the project. Discussions centered around […]

SET4LIFE Australia has committed to help bring healthcare education and services to Kayiben and approximately 12 neighbouring communities. It was an easy decision based on the fundamental need for access to medical aid, Mallam’s vision and drive and the resolve of our Set4Life friends in the UK to provide for all the ongoing requirements of […]

Providing access to clean water is our first project as SET4LIFE Australia. We are funding an upgrade to the well that was sunk in 2014. Difficulties encountered with rock forced this well to be finished in traditional style – an uncased pit requiring a bucket. While this provides water for gardens, it is not clean enough to drink so does not satisfy the government’s requirements for registering the school. The new well will be cased, capped and equipped […]

Five Kayiben students have just completed a very successful first term with EducAid. Director, Miriam Mason-Sesay, has provided places at their Maronka School for the Class 6 students this year to boost their academic levels and help prepare them for Secondary School Entrance Exams. It was was a brave step for the children to venture out of their tiny village into the big unknown […]

So happy to endorse EducAid’s highly successful approach to education in Sierra Leone and their support of the Yiben Community School: “We do cover the same materials as other schools but we do not necessarily do it in the same way. “We believe in a skills first approach. This means that all students arriving at EducAid go […]

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Lee and Steve of Epiphany Coffee, Gympie's Paleo-inspired, Organic, Raw Cafe, are supporting change for Yiben by collecting change and donating their tips to S4LA. Their 'Change 4 Change' Campaign is helping to build a health clinic!